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No Refuge

The Challenge of Internal Displacements

( Print: September 2003 )

This publication offers a guide for effective policy planning on issues of internal displacement and, at the same time, presents a vivid picture of the traumas faced by internally displaced people. It...

This publication offers a guide for effective policy planning on issues of internal displacement and, at the same time, presents a vivid picture of the traumas faced by internally displaced people. It...


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Broken Bodies, Broken Dreams

Violence Against Women Exposed

( Print: July 2006 )

Violence against women is a pandemic, one that transcends the bounds of geography, race, culture, class and religion. It touches virtually every community, in virtually every corner of the globe. Too...

Violence against women is a pandemic, one that transcends the bounds of geography, race, culture, class and religion. It touches virtually every community, in virtually every corner of the globe. Too...


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Corps meurtris, rêves brisés

La violence à l'égard des femmes mise à jour

( Print: July 2005 )

USOI Landslide Dam and Lake Sarez

An Assessment of Hazard and Risk in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

Series: ISDR Prevention Series
( Print: October 2000 )

Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which...

Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which...


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Humanitarian Decade, The

Challenges for Humanitarian Assistance in the Last Decade and into the Future

( Print: May 2004 )

This two volume set reviews the work of the United Nations in the area of humanitarian assistance on the Tenth anniversary of resolution 46/182. The first volume discusses the guiding principles of...

This two volume set reviews the work of the United Nations in the area of humanitarian assistance on the Tenth anniversary of resolution 46/182. The first volume discusses the guiding principles of...


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Shame of War, The

Sexual Violence against Women and Girls in Conflict

( Print: May 2007 )

This reference book and photo essay examines the scope and nature of the sexual violence women suffer when men go to war and looks at the different ways the international community is addressing it...

This reference book and photo essay examines the scope and nature of the sexual violence women suffer when men go to war and looks at the different ways the international community is addressing it...


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Women, Girls, Boys and Men

Different Needs - Equal Opportunities

( Print: November 2007 )

The target audience for this Handbook is field practitioners responding to humanitarian emergencies that result from conflict or natural hazards. Humanitarian Coordinators and others in leadership...

The target audience for this Handbook is field practitioners responding to humanitarian emergencies that result from conflict or natural hazards. Humanitarian Coordinators and others in leadership...


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Tomorrow's Crises Today

The Humanitarian Impact of Urbanisation

( Print: December 2007, PDF: February 2008 )

Tomorrow’s Crises Today : The Humanitarian Impact of Urbanization explores the effect of living in today's cities has on the millions of people who already live in metropolises, and those who are...

Tomorrow’s Crises Today : The Humanitarian Impact of Urbanization explores the effect of living in today's cities has on the millions of people who already live in metropolises, and those who are...